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people neglect or give up their duty in life for the sake of a
spiritual life while others excuse themselves from spiritual
practices on the ground that they have no time. The Gita's message
is to sanctify the entire living process itself. Whatever a person
does or thinks ought to be done for the glory and satisfaction of
the maker.
No effort, cost, or change of one's
belief or religion is necessary for this process. Do your duty as a
service to the Lord (or humanity) and see God alone in everything in
a spiritual frame of mind. In order to gain such a spiritual frame
of mind personal discipline, austerity, penance, good conduct,
selfless service, meditation, worship, prayer, rituals, and study of
scriptures as well as company of the wise, pilgrimage, chanting of
the holy names of God, Self inquiry, etc. are needed to purify the
intellect.
One must learn to give up lust, anger,
greed, and establish mastery over the six senses (touch, taste,
smell, sight, hearing, and mind) by the purified intellect. One
should always remember that all works are being done by the energy
of nature and that he or she is not the doer but only an instrument.
One must strive for excellence in all undertakings but maintain
equanimity in success and failure, gain and loss, and pain and
pleasure.
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